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About Me

i like pirates, sushi and motorcycle gangbangs. and you.
i demand respect, and strive for humility. i seek out others who do the same.
i am a three time failed vegan. this could stem from my love affair with the bacon doughnut at voodoo. i just moved to portland from san francisco. before that i was in new orleans, which pretty much was the best thing ever. ask me about it. i'll talk your ear off. i grew up in hollister, california. yes, like the clothing. i have bad news for you if you wear their crap. hollister, california is by no stretch of the phrase a "surf town". in fact, the closest beach is 35 minutes away, next to a factory. i once found a dead goat there.
my current joys in life: joan as police woman. the aforementioned doughnut. fried pickles. sckavone's. holman's. dots cafe. rotture. chinese food. pinot noir. and maybe even you.
sometimes quiet. always thoughtful. i play with my hands when i think no one's looking. sometimes my fervor gets the best of me. i'm quick to jump the shark and even quicker to drop the ball. and let it roll away. i like to sing, but you'll probably never hear me. i love car rides, but i won't say a word. i think love should be balls to the wall. i think passion is beautiful, even when it's angry. the best way to get to know me is you and me in my living room with a bottle of wine and my ipod on in the background. and yeah, i'm always keeping my eyes on the background. now let's talk about grey's anatomy, or new orleans, or the chinatown bus. or nothing at all. oh, and this, my favorite quote, posted in my favorite city, which so thoroughly sums up my time there:
"there are things you do because they feel right & they may make no sense & they may make no money & it may be the real reason we are here: to love each other & to eat each other's cooking & say it was good."
this years goals:
be better about returning emails, messages and phone calls
vacation somewhere i've never been
bungee off a bridge
make it back down to nola
have more dinner parties
read at least 20 books
spend more time at the zoo
be even more insatiable than last year
go snowboarding - you live in oregon for fuck's sake
get out of this country
finish the novel
naked cake fight!
see all 7 of my best friends at least once
all at once would be even better
spend more time with my family
my meyers-briggs is frighteningly accurate
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My Interests

writing, music, aquatic mammals, takeout and makeout, looking pretty, looking, exploitation, questionable sarcasm, pretending i'm an artist, pretentious dive bars, the champagne of beer and neckties, my basset hound, sushi, new orleans, dopplegangers and southern whores, narcissism, tequila station, sweet sweet lips, kung-fu, pillaging, your undivided attention, and sweet nothings, of course.

I'd like to meet:

people who aren't afraid to talk about poop and masturbation at the dinner table.someone who will bring me chinese food and wine in bed."i didn't go to see the city. i went to see it around you." -chris garneau.

Music:

emily haines. sigur ros. joan as police woman. feist. stars. emily wells. let's go sailing. chris garneau. joshua james. coconut records. buddy. bear colony. cat power. broken social scene. sunset rubdown. regina spektor. jenny lewis. goldfrapp. the go find. girl talk. interpol. dirty on purpose. seabear. softlightes. the frames. radical face. the kills. hot chip. the blow. husky rescue. band of horses. lovedrug. the gossip. the most serene republic. dolorean. i'm from barcelona. julie doiron. neverending white light. jeff buckley. postal service. camera obscura. avenue d. snow patrol. rachael yamagata. joseph arthur. cary brothers. imogen heap. ray lamontagne. m ward. emiliana torrini. cocorosie. van morrison. the be good tanyas. her space holiday. laura nyro and labelle. architecture in helsinki. ani difranco. maria taylor. mum. mogwai. wolf parade. peaches. MIA. +/-. the dears. julie doiron. arcade fire. the album leaf. sarah harmer. joanna newsom. yeah yeah yeahs. death cab for cutie. califone. thao nguyen. the radio dept. sylvie lewis.

Movies:

moonlight mile. the life aquatic. magnolia. it's all gone pete tong. best in show. battle royale. chocolat. kill bill. garden state. lost in translation. imaginary heroes. the girl in the cafe. happenstance. my life without me. eulogy.

Television:

heroes. antm. lost. discovery channel. animal planet.

Books:

the tipping point. you shall know our velocity. sexing the cherry. american gods. neverwhere. ishmael. house of leaves. the alchemist. off ramp. me talk pretty one day. blink. davinci code.

Heroes:

everyone. you. me. mostly me.

My Blog

and so it ends...

in an attempt to further facilitate my separation from myspace, i now have an official blog here:http://anothersadattempt.blogspot.com...
Posted by josh hallmark on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 03:22:00 PST

damaged goods

it's so strange, because i'm usually so self-assured; but i think my confidence is now a little crushed. i find myself suddenly afraid to talk with or meet anyone new, the idea of dating just depresse...
Posted by josh hallmark on Sun, 27 Jan 2008 01:40:00 PST

photobooth

all the different faces we make, frozen by each frame. all the different faces, stilled and still the same. i kissed you once, and in a flash it became permanent. nothing and no one is permanent. but ...
Posted by josh hallmark on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 02:13:00 PST

open eyes

the weight is gone. there's more room to see. to see what i hadn't before. the dead ends that were lurking in the dark. dead ends. directionless. a mouse maze of refuse. the weight is gone. and i feel...
Posted by josh hallmark on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:30:00 PST

no vacancy

sometimes i feel as though my heart is overrun with ghosts, and there's just no more room. no vacancies. but sometimes i look at maps. or stars.
Posted by josh hallmark on Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:37:00 PST

done

you always hope you're going to be worth fighting for. and when you're not, well, that's the worst part.
Posted by josh hallmark on Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:34:00 PST

sway

our beds are dressed with maps. we travel away the years, in our heads. there is so much to see, and the places are just the perks. so much to see. i spend an exorbitant amount of time alone these day...
Posted by josh hallmark on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:44:00 PST

nothing and nowhere

i shot out of bed at around 4am. it's the only hour of sleep i've had in the past 24 hours. i shot out of bed, in a panic. i had no recollection of anything other than who i am. i had no idea where i ...
Posted by josh hallmark on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:03:00 PST

broken hands

i can't hold on to what's barely there. my hands are broken, i'm letting go. i can't hold on to you anymore. i can't keep up to the pace you're keeping up. i can't get around the get around. i tried t...
Posted by josh hallmark on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:25:00 PST

waffles

sometimes you just have to accept things as they are. accept that there's a reason you can't change them for the better. and so, you make waffles at 3:30am. because, really, what else are you going to...
Posted by josh hallmark on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:45:00 PST